PGP's Web of Trust demanded ceremony. Keybase proved you could replace it with social proof, then died from centralization. Nostr's follow graph already contains the trust infrastructure that a challenge-response verification app can activate across any anonymous text channel. A suggestion for anyone looking for something worth building. View article →

Every surveillance backdoor ever mandated by law has eventually been used by the wrong people. A door built for one visitor admits every visitor. The 35 year war on open protocols has produced a clear record: the protocols survive, the developers sometimes do not. For anyone building systems designed to resist state pressure, that record contains specific architectural lessons about what survives and why. View article →

Wen @Zapstore release for @Maple AI android?

@V E C T O R is a full fledged marmot client, nice!

E2EE or GTFO

I spent years testing mobile podcast setups on GrapheneOS and every option failed: Bluetooth earbuds have terrible mic quality, wired splitter setups are tethered and clunky, and USB-C wireless mics like the DJI Mic don't work for calls because Android won't route audio back to them. The solution is the Yealink BH71 Bluetooth headset with its 4-mic beamforming array. Simplicity beats complexity for mobile content creation. If you know of something better, please share! View article →

Join our call in 15 minutes! We'll demo a bunch of stuff. View quoted note →

Marmot demo app in the browser!

MarmoTS chat

@Gzuuus & @hzrd149 did an amazing job getting this up and running. (Warning, it ain't pretty, but it works!)

@Amber support merged to @White Noise rust!

GitHub

Amber integration by dannym-arx · Pull Request #418 · marmot-protocol/whitenoise-rs

Summary by CodeRabbit New Features External-signer support: register/get/remove signers, login with external signer, and signer-aware publish/de...

We finally have the tools to escape surveillance capitalism. Micropayments work at scale. Stop building ad-tech. Start trading for value directly with users who actually want to pay you. View article →